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Anyone can bring a prosecution in England. In theory it provides a way to hold the powerful to account but it's very expensive so almost all private prosecution
by masfuerte 3y ago
Anyone can bring a prosecution in England. In theory it provides a way to hold the powerful to account but it's very expensive so almost all private prosecutions are actually by corporations.
- denton-scratch 3y agoIt's true that anyone can bring a prosecution. It's also true that the Crown Prosecution Service can take over a private prosecution, and then drop the case. Obviously, the CPS should have done this in the Post Office case. During the relevant period, the CPS was underresourced and overloaded (it still is now).